A military checkpoint on the Amangwu axis of the Amasiri-Owutu-Edda highway in Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was attacked by gunmen early Friday morning. The Ebonyi Police Command confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria. DSP Joshua Ukandu, the Police Public Relations Officer, reported that the attack was carried out by…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Stanley Okoro Emegha, has claimed that former Senate President and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim will join the party. According to Emegha, APC has made an effort to bring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Leader into…
A senior lecturer at the Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State, Prof A U. Enyi, has reacted to the allegation of his involvement in the suicide of one of his students, Favour Ugwuka. Ugwuka, a final-year student of English at Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, committed suicide. The undergraduate’s death came a few days after she complained…
An Ebonyi man, Celestine Onele said he would be embarking on a 150 hours marathon ironing to break Guinness World Record. Onele, an Electrical Engineer from Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, said the marathon exercise will commence on Monday 22nd April 2024. The young Engineer who is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree…
A peace panel report on the three-year-old war, emanating from the Bishop Emeritus of Abakiliki Diocese, Rt. Rev. Fr. Michael Nnachi Okoro, has been rejected by the people of Effium, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The two communities of Ezza-Effium and Effium have been at war since January 21, 2021, which led…
Residents of Ngwogwo community, Ishiagu, in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Monday protested against the alleged incessant arrest and detention of some members of the community. The protesters, consisting of old women, men and youths, marched around the community with placards. They alleged that they had been indiscriminately arrested and detained…
Governor Francis Nwifuru has welcomed a leading Nigeraian pharmaceutical firm, Salt City Pharma Park in their bid to establish a mega factory at Ntezi community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The firm explained that the choice for Ebonyi State for the establishment of Salt City Pharma Park was hinged on availability…
The Anambra state Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued a 13- year old boy, Goodluck Onwe. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Okadigbo Edwin, in a statement, said the victim was rescued while wandering the streets of Abakaliki and has since been reunited with his family in Anambra State….
The Ebonyi State Police Command has initiated court proceedings against Moses Nweze, on allegations of murdering his elder brother’s wife. The wife of his brother, Mary Nwomege, was said to have been slain by Nweze on February 24, 2024. The victim’s daughter, Chinasa Nwomege, narrated the traumatic event, explaining how she was in the house…
It has been a period of scare for Point of Sale Operators popularly called POS operators in Ebonyi state as gunmen have again killed a man in the retail cash business named Louis Enoshi. The deceased was a native of Umuogudu-Akpu, Ngbo in the Ohaukwu local government area of the state. According to sources in…
